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A couple of years ago, I was watching a Beldisloe Cup match with my Dad when Mum decided to test out her new blood…
A Melbourne based Barbarians style Super 15 team could be the compromise solution to expanding Australian and Southern Hemisphere rugby union. SANZAR have made…
Seven years after Matt Giteau was catapulted into the Wallabies team, he has begun to demonstrate the leadership and skills deserving of the accolades…
Interesting article! You established your credentials, enlisted nameless others to support your view, you state you supported profesionalism but now recognise that it is causing problems and you managed to get a ‘plug’ in for your book.
I was waiting to hear your solution to the problem you have articulated.
I guess the byline could be “Be careful what you wish for.”
Business people are strong advocates of competition but continually rue its effects on their business.
As an amateur sport, Rugby was able to fill a niche role in entertainment/sport. Without payment, the adminsitration of the sport was low cost (do not confuse low cost to mean adminsitratively simple) and operated on very socialistic principles of individual reward.
As a professional game rugby has struggle with the need to provide financial reward to all involved whist maining the more agrarian socialst concepts to individual reward.
Moreover, rather than engaging professional business people to run the game they (the collective body politic) continue to promote ex-players into high paying positions well beyond their level of expetise.
Other Australian codes have suffered similar afflciaitons. AFL struggled throughout the 1990s to release itself from the rump of ‘player administrators’. The presidents of clubs and Board members are incresingly drawn from media/marketing networks or business people who are largely providing a service to the club. Soccer in Australia was impetent until it became a dictatorship owned and operated by one man. I suspect that ARL avoids the problems associated with ‘player administrators’ by having a player pool that does not aspire to business success.
Chris, be careful in wishing for Rugby to become an amateur sport. Your wish might come true.
Why modern rugby is in a serious state of decline
I wonder if the Walabies/Brumbies could turn Chisholm into a Spies style number 8.
Burgess, Brown enter second chance saloon
The Brumbies built a culture of being underdogs. The left overs from other states, brought together to create a team much greater than its parts.
Now they are a team of leaders and champions the sum of their parts may be less than they appear.
Is 2010 finally the year of the NSW Waratahs?
Thanks for the feedback Spiro. It is a great site, particually the Crowd concept. Ive only recently discovered it.
We didn’t take a heart rate reading last night, but at half time he said he could feel his heart beating in his chest, so there is still some ticker left. A funtioning backline and safe hands at fullback gave him the confidence he needed to go forward.
The record of 167 beats per minute is accurate. He also made it up for a run this morning. But his times are sliping. Its the knees he says.
Cheers
Tim
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When the passion is lost, the game means nothing
Beale will struggle to get a start for the Wallabies next year when Gerrard returns.
A much lighter Beale is finally a Wallabies star